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[_] [?] Anonymous 09/10/10(Fri)20:21 No.1370264
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>> [_] Anonymous 09/10/10(Fri)20:49 No.1370284
FROM THE TEXT:
"The concept of 'free will', yet again, was created in a period of history where we did not
understand human behaviour"
As if we understand human behavior that much better now than then.
"The implication of this understanding is that we shouldn't hold individuals accountable for
their actions, but rather look toward the underlying social cause of our behaviour and values."
We shouldn't hold ourselves accountable for our own behavior either right? What a load of
complete horse shit.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/10/10(Fri)20:56 No.1370289
Actually, social context means a great deal, there's a reason certain societies have less crime
than other. Theoretically, everyone has the potential to be a thief or rapist, we owe a lot of
how we paint our perceptions of reality to how we contextualized ourselves by the way we grew up
in society.
It's obviously one very, very complicated algorithm, but I do agree that the better way to treat
the cause is to find the 'underlying social cause of our behavior and values'.
Not that we're very capable of that, but it's a noble attempt.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/10/10(Fri)21:04 No.1370295
Ethical Calculus
Some vices miss what is right because they are deficient, others because they are excessive, in
feelings or in actions, while virtue finds and chooses the mean.
-- Aristotle,
"Nichomachean Ethics", Datalinks
>> [_] Anonymous 09/10/10(Fri)21:30 No.1370311
Surely, the environment shapes the person which is EXACTLY why I fear an environment that denies
responsibility of an individual in crime.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/10/10(Fri)21:40 No.1370319
>>1370289
HE STOLE WALLET!
who?
the guy with the broken spine.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/11/10(Sat)01:08 No.1370469
>>1370311
But in this scenario, there is almost no incentive for crime.
>>1370264
Thanks for this OP.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/11/10(Sat)01:19 No.1370478
not this shit again
